SCENARIO: Dr. Sheffield is a clinical psychologist who specializes in treating pathological gambling. Pathological gambling is defined as being unable to resist impulses to gamble. Bothered by not having a good measure that he can give to clients to determine whether they are suffering from this condition, he creates a new measure of pathological gambling. The measure has 15 questions, and it takes 20 minutes to complete. To test his measure, Dr. Sheffield gives his measure to a group of people in Gamblers Anonymous (GA) and another group in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). He finds that people in the GA group have higher scores on his new measure than people in the AA group. Why did Dr. Sheffield do this? What is this procedure known as?

  QUESTION 17     The largest whole number you can make these digits 1, 3, 5, 6,  would be 5 631. (1)

Which of the following is the correct ordering of the sections of an empirical journal article? Note: Not all sections of an empirical article are listed below, so please choose the option in which the sections presented are in the correct order.

  QUESTION 1     Read the question below carefully and give the HANDWRITTEN answers on folio paper. Once you have answered all the questions (on one page) showing your working out clearly, upload an image of your work. Remember when answering a word problem, you should include: Number sentence, working out, and answer. Don’t forget to number your work correctly.   1.1 Gemma and George are twins that want to buy a new PlayStation.  At their birthday party, they each receive R1 500 from their parents, R550 from their uncle, and R2 000 from their grandparents. How much money do Gemma and George have altogether? (Show all your calculations). (3) 1.2 A new PlayStation costs R9 999. If Gemma and George have saved R7 498, how much money do they still need to be able to afford the PlayStation? (Show all your calculations). (3) 1.3 After they have saved enough money and bought the PlayStation Gemma and George also want to buy a few games. Each game costs R639, they want to buy 5 games. What will the total cost be? (3) 1.4 George sees on Bid or Buy online store that someone is selling 8 games for R864. What would the cost be per game? (Show all your calculations). (3) 1.5 Jack needs to walk 7/10 of a kilometer to school. He has already walked 3/10 of a  kilometer. How much further does Jack need to walk? (1) 1.6 Work out the following and show the answer in the simplest form:      2 and 3/8  +  2 and 5/8 =     (2)  

Which of the following is a difference between a debriefing session following a study with deception compared to a debriefing session following a study without deception?

Callie finished reading an empirical journal for her research project. What information might Callie get by reading the Reference list of the article?

Dr. Sivesind finds a relationship between the number of hours one studies for an exam and their score on that exam. Specifically, he finds that fewer hours spent studying is associated with lower exam scores. This is an example of a _______.

What was the purpose of the Ames et al. (2006) paper?

EXTRA CREDIT (1.75 points) You’re doing great! Take a moment to acknowledge your progress and accomplishments so far this semester. List at least one thing (big or small) that you have done this semester that is worthy of celebrating (e.g., completed a challenging assignment, met an important deadline, made a new connection, etc.)!

Which of the following is an example of a causal claim?